Coal box



June 5; 3923 W. E. BENSON COAL BOX Filed Jan. 18, 1925 mas-m4 PatentedJune 5, 1923.

UNlTEfE WADE ETHEL BENSON, OF BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

COAL BOX.

Application filed January 18, 1923. Serial No. 613,475.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WADE E. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baton Rouge, in the parish of East Baton Rouge and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in CoalBoxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in coal boxes, and it is intendedto provide a convenient and durable receptacle which may be used forsupplying coal to open fires, stoves, ranges or the like, and also forstoring away temporarily the ashes from the fire.

My invention comprises a sheet metal, provided with double drawers andhinged covers or doors, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The invention will be more fully understood after reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved coal box with the parts inthe closed position;

Figure 2 shows a side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1 with thelid and the two drawers partly drawn;

Figure 3 shows a section along the line 33 of Fig. 1 and looking in thedirection of the arrows;

Figure 4c shows a section along the line 4:-l of Figure 3 and looking inthe direction of the arrows.

Like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols through theseveral views.

A represents the main body or casing o the box, which is preferably madeof sheet metal, and is provided with suitable feet a to space the bottomof the same from the floor. This casing is provided with double bottomsB and B spaced apart, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. The top ofthe box is closed by the hinged cover C. Mounted above the upper bottomB is a drawer D having shoulders near its forward end 03, and having itssides inclined at the outer end as at d. This drawer is closed at therear, but is open at the front and is closed by the door E, which ishinged to the casing A by means of suitable hinges F, as shown cabinetmade of most clearly in Fig. 1 This hinged door is provided with anoverhanging edge e adapted to project beyond-the lower, proecting end ofthe drawer D, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3'. As an auxiliarymeans for holding the door E in the closed or in the lifted position, Iprovide lugs e' projecting from the side edges of the door adapted toengage the hooks H, which are pivoted to the sides of the casing Aas at72. These hooks engage the lugs e and hold the door E in either theclosed posi tion shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, or inthe open position,.as shown in full lines in Fig. 2.

Mounted upon the lower bottom B is the ash drawer M, which is providedwith shoulders m to prevent the drawer from be ing shoved in too.v far,and is also provided with suitable handles N, which are preferablycomposed of a metal strap secured to the front of the drawer by means ofthe rivets n. For convenience of lifting the same, the box may beprovided with suitable handles P, preferably located near the topthereof.

In using the device, assuming the drawers to be both closed. fuelconsisting of coal, coke or the like is put into the box through the topand rests on the bottom of the drawer D. In order to remove any of thefuel, the door E is lifted, as shown in Fig. 2, and sufficient fuel maybe either pulled out of the projecting portion of said drawer, or anordinary fire shovel or other convenient implement may be used towithdraw the fuel from the front of the drawer D.

When the box is nearly empty of fuel, the drawer D may be wholly orpartly withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 2 It will be noted that the drawer Mmay be pulled partly out f and ashes from the fire may be placed in saiddrawer, and the drawer may be closed, without creating any unnecssarydust, and without any danger of setting anything on fire.

It will be noted that the fuel and the ashes will both be kept out ofsight, and that the use of the device will insure cleanliness in thehousehold' Moreover, the device may be made of an artistic construction,and more or less ornamental in use. The rectangular shape of the boxwill enable the same to be mounted ina corner of the room or by thefireside, and it will be out of the way and will take up very littlefloor space.

It will be seen that the device will be very durable and is not apt toget out of order,

and is especially adapted for the rough usage to which, such ,devicesareordinarily subj ecte'd.

substantially vertical and having openings f at each ofrthe'bottomsrdrawers slidably fitted through said openings and resting uponsaid bottoms, the upper drawer adapted to While, I have described theinvention in its preferred form, it will Joe-obvious that.-

various modifications may be niade which could be used without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, and I do not mean to limit theinvention vto such details;- except as particularly pointed out in theclaim.

-il lavingthusdescribed my invention, what I claim andvdesire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is:

' A coal box comprisinga casing having, a removable cover through whichto admit the coal' and provided with two bottoms, one

spaced above the other, the front wall of the receptacle at and nearsaid bottoms being receive the coal put in thriough theremovable cover,said upperdrawer having its entire front portion leftopen and havingsubstantially triangular projecting portions at the front of its sidesadapted to extend beyond the substantially vertical wall of the casingsaid substantially triangular projecting portlons being "enlargedlaterally to engage the sides of the opening'in the casing the outeredges of said triangular portions being inclined fromthe topdownwardlyand outwardly, a hinged door above the upper drawer and uponthe-frontwall of the casing adapted to extend down in the diagonalsition across the open front ofthe upper drawer and adapted to restagainst thein-.

